Dinner is done. Dishes are done. And since replacment tracks aren't coming in tomorrow, house guest as decided to travel back to San Diego. As soon as Mom leaves, I will have my house again! The introvert in me is very happy!

zombie M: [link]

OK, I'm not one for Zombie stuff, but that is AWESOME!

Merry Christmas, celebrating Buffistas! Actually, by the time the vast majority of you see this, Happy Boxing Day.

We had an uneventful (thankfully) Christmas Day with ND's mom and sister and are now in LAX waiting for our red eye to Florida to visit with my dad. My SiL gave me a killer muscle relaxer that will allow me to sleep (and not get even worse back spasms than I already was having yesterday) on the way there. Yay better living through chemistry. I'm really looking forward to seeing my dad and his new place.

I hope you all had a lovely day and can sleep in tomorrow.

I had a wonderful day. The last movie of the day, I Django Unchained, Was great fun and Christopher Waltz was INCREDIBLE. I have to be at work tomorrow morning, so now I try to sleep.

Better living through chemistry indeed.

Zombie (cupcake) girls are the best!

I keep waiting to hear my mom make some horrible remark about FSIL when she's not here, but instead she keeps saying nice things about her.

Perhaps, once it seemed inevitable, your mom decided to accept / deal with / think of / consider your FSiL as a person. And one who seems (to me) to be a really lovely, fitting match for your brother. I see this as growth. Or an alien takeover. But whichever, it's a nice thing to read.

Oh, I hope to wake unGrinchified tomorrow. Christmas ended up overall good but it drains me on the best of years and this wasn't. Still, Dad was there and had a pretty good day. So we had this Christmas as a family. That makes all the stress to me worth it.

I might bitch about my family, but they are family.

Hilariously I finally am at my own home Christmas night and I could have watched the Dr Who special. For once. But it is dvr'd because (step)Mom texted and said to watch Leverage. Which I did. And it was a good call. Cause, you know, it's family.

As are you guys.

I can watch the Doctor tomorrow. I'd say I could sleep in but I have two huge pots of stock going. I need to at least deal with those. Then maybe sleep more.

Today I'll be (I hope) flying out of Flint, MI, in a blizzard. I'll land in Atlanta in 20+MPH winds, take off in them again, and land at Raleigh-Durham right after the massive, tornado spawning storms pass.

I see no way this could go wrong.

Eep, Calli. The weather along the route is indeed frightful.

Perhaps, once it seemed inevitable, your mom decided to accept / deal with / think of / consider your FSiL as a person. And one who seems (to me) to be a really lovely, fitting match for your brother. I see this as growth. Or an alien takeover. But whichever, it's a nice thing to read.

I think this sounds right. It would not surprise me if mother forgets/denies ever objecting. Whatever the reason I am sure the stress on the happy couple is drastically diminished, so a big yay!

I need to get to work, but still in recovery mode. Lots of good people, good food, good times, but whiped out now.

Travel~ma, Calli!!!

Cass, I'm glad you made it through okay and can recognize the good in the day.

Pix, wishing you smooth travels and a relaxed back.

We had a nice, lazy brunch and are now motivating to go see the Hobbit in 2D, then popping into REI. I don't have an REI near me, I'm hoping to score some Keens on sale.

Calli, good luck getting home.

P-C, whatever the reason (alien takeover is certainly a possibility) I'm glad for the outcome.

Cass, I'm glad your family Christmas was worth it, despite the stress.

smonster, are you coming here (my house) after Zog's?